The behaviour of soil process models of ammonia volatilization at contrasting spatial scales

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1271-1283

  Corstanje, R ^a   Kirk, G J D ^b   Lark, R M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ERROR CORRECTION; MODEL TEST; MODELING; SOIL SCIENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; UREA; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 56649112613     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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